Method of making tobacco cut filler
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsFabien Zuchuat, Otto Virag
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Abstract
A tobacco cut filler comprises a first tobacco material cut in accordance with a first cut specification, wherein the first cut specification sets at least predetermined first cut width and first cut length.
Claims11
A tobacco cut filler comprising a first tobacco material cut into strips in accordance with a first cut specification, wherein the first cut specification sets at least predetermined first cut width from 0.9 mm to 1 mm and first cut length from 20 mm to 40 mm for the strips corresponding to a final cut width and a final cut length of the strips in the tobacco cut filler when used in a tobacco product, a cut length distribution among the cut strips being unimodal, wherein the first tobacco material is a reconstituted tobacco sheet having a thickness from 0.05 mm to 1 mm, the tobacco cut filler further comprising a second tobacco material cut in accordance with a second cut specification differing from the first cut specification for at least one of cut length and cut width.
A method of making tobacco cut filler comprising:
- providing a first tobacco material;
- cutting the first tobacco material into strips in accordance with a first cut specification setting at least predetermined first cut width from 0.9 mm to 1 mm and first cut length from 20 mm to 40 mm for the strips corresponding to a final cut width and a final cut length in the tobacco cut filler when used in a tobacco product, a cut length distribution among the cut strips being unimodal, wherein the first tobacco material is a reconstituted tobacco sheet having a thickness from 0.05 mm to 1 mm;
- providing a second tobacco material;
- cutting the second tobacco material separately from the first tobacco material and in accordance with a second cut specification differing from the first cut specification for at least one of cut length and cut width;
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- blending the cut first tobacco material and the cut second tobacco material to form the tobacco cut filler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.